Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada, Boards of Canada 是一个苏格兰电子音乐组合。它由 Michael Sandison 和 Marcus Eoin Sandison 两兄弟组成。
 
他们出版了很多的专辑，其中最著名的是为孩子和当地争取权力。他们很少做广告，也很少接受采访。他们的音乐中经常会出现那种上个世纪70年代到80年代的风格。他们的音乐多种多样，介于温暖的，潦草的，70年代电视机发出的杂音一般的，以及真正的电子乐之间。乐队成员Michael 和 Marcus他们组合的名字来源于一部纪录片，而且他们也已经获得了纪录片公司的授权。by Sean Cooper
Boards of Canada are the duo of Michael Sandison (born July 14, 1971) and Marcus Eoin (born May 27, 1973). Based on the northern coast of Scotland, the group got its start on acclaimed experimental electronica label Skam in 1996 after recording an obscene number of tracks and pressing the best of them up as a miniscule-run 12, Twoism, an eight-track promo EP the group sent to labels in lieu of a demonstration tape. The pairs first official release appeared on Skam toward the middle of 1996, and was quickly hailed as among the labels finest releases to date. Titled Hi Scores, the EP is an engaging mix of simple, infectious three-part synth melodies, subtle hip-hop and electro references, and alternately tense and relaxing beatwork endlessly repeated in shifting combinations (à la Autechre, Bochum Welt, and Cylob). Almost a mini-LP at six tracks and nearly half an hour in length, the debut was followed in late 1996 by a series of live gigs opening for Plaid and Autechre, as well as compilation tracks for Uvm and Skam/Musik Aus Strom side project label Mask (under the name Hellinterface).
Further releases for Skam, Mask, and 4th World in-house label Ampoule were scheduled, and in 1998 Boards of Canada issued Music Has the Right to Children, a landmark for electronic listening music that was widely copied. Nearly four years later (and after the release of only a single four-track EP and the archival Peel Sessions), the duo returned with its second LP, Geogaddi. Another long wait followed, until in October 2005 Boards of Canada released The Campfire Headphase, which introduced subtle changes into the pairs sound. A six-track EP, Trans Canada Highway, appeared in May 2006.